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Nikko National Park Mashiko Flaming Bridge
日光国立公園 益子 Built in 1636, Shinkyo
bridge in the Nikko
EXPERIENCE Northern Honshu Kinugawaonsen Ohara, n Next to Mashiko Stn; gorgeous burnt-red
! F4 ⌂ Tochigi, Fukushima,
! F4 ⌂ Tochigi Prefecture
National Park is among
and Gunma Prefectures
£ Local trains only @ From
the finest in Japan. Its
Tobu-Utsunomiya Stn
@ From Nikko Stn n 1404-1
span makes a great focal
Nikko-shi; www.nikko-
(0285) 70-1120
point for a snap, set as it
travel.jp/english
is against the dra matic
Home to the famous potter
mountain scenery and
Shoji Hamada (1894–1978),
The magnificent national
lush foliage.
park that includes Tosho-gu
a founder of the mingei (folk
and its environs is largely a
art) movement, Mashiko is full
mountain ous volcanic plateau,
studded with lakes, waterfalls,
Mashiko Sankokan Museum
contains Hamada’s studio, and
and hot springs. For a taste of
Kitakata
his eclectic collection of
Oku-Nikko, the mountainous of pottery workshops. The 4
interior, take the bus west to ceramics. The vats of the 喜多方
Lake Chuzen-ji. The hairpin eighth-generation Higeta ! F3 ⌂ Fukushima
curves of Irohazaka, along Dyeworks are sunk in the
the old ascent to the sacred floor of a thatched workshop. Prefecture £ n 7244-2
Oshimizuhigashi; www.
Mount Nantai, start at kitakata-kanko.jp
Umagaeshi (horse return), Mashiko Sankokan
where pilgrims had to give up Museum Mud-walled kura (storehouses)
their horses and walk. At the " ⌂ 3388 Mashiko were long used to keep sake,
east end of the lake, the Kegon § (0285) 72-5300 miso, rice, and other provisions
Falls cascade 315 ft (96 m) # 9:30am–5pm Thu–Tue from fire, theft, and vermin.
to the Daiya River below. Kitakata has more than 2,600,
An elevator through the Higeta Dyeworks including a kura-style temple.
cliff runs to an observation ⌂ 1 Jonaizaka § (0285) 72- South of the Kai Honke, a
deck at the base of the falls. 3162 # Tue–Sun hand some sake-merchant’s

The Kegon Falls, surrounded
by beautiful fall foliage, in
the Nikko National Park

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